Lyrics Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood

When The Eagle Flies

When the eagle flies you'd better watch your eyes

He's gonna sweep everything in his path

And when the heavens cry it's gonna drown the sky

And you get caught aftermath

And mountains move it's no good trying to

Prove that you've been doing everything that you can

And don't you start to cry when you're about to die

You gotta stand and take it like a man

Because you've been taking instead of giving

And all the while you've been living lies

Economics, all your atomics

Ain't gonna save you from that bird in the sky

And when the good times roll, wrapped up in your mink coat

You will be stepping from your Cadillac and in a micro flash

Gonna feel the lash, big eagle's wing across your back

And when the seas subside you'll see

Him glide right out of view in clouds of snow

And the rains will come and wash away the scum

So that all the little flowers can grow

There'll be no more taking, only giving

And the sun pouring down

No economics and no atomics

Just the spread of Mother Nature's gown

Do you hear me Mother Nature?

Do you hear me, do you hear me?

Do you, do you hear me Mother Nature?

Do you hear me Mother Nature?